Flower girl

Recent visitors

Recent visitors to the house have included the menacing, like these tree trimmers



and this creepy dude



as well as more common wildlife friends that have destroyed a bird feeder I put up recently in search of seeds





and one Lior Barak, who blended in quite well with the living room landscape.

Aviva comes out

We have been slacking big time on posting pictures; I blame the sickness that has moved through the house over the past 2 weeks. During that time, Mollie and Kristen hosted a lovely party for Vivi's debut. Here are some pics: http://imollie.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome-aviva.html

Thank you guys so much!

germination station

We started seeds this year, and a bunch are already downstairs under lamps, looking pretty good. The Greek, I think, has been key.

Vivi is starting to grab things a bit. So advanced!

Although you wouldn't know it from her typical look:

supermax

In July 2003 we went to Metropolis, IL.

Thunder Nationals

While browsing through our early digital pictures in search of the picture of me and Sekhmet at the Memphis Zoo (see below), I was reminded of what we actually did before we had kids, as it's hard to remember.


Well, we went to a monster truck rally in February, 2003:




More surely to come.

Nerds Take Note: Lost Statue is Sekhmet

You read it here first (well, maybe not, but I came up with this independently). I have been way into Lost lately, and even started watching the first season again in my spare time. This gigantic statue was seen in last week's episode; it may or may not be the four-toed statue seen previously. Anyway, the figure is holding an ankh in each hand and has cat ears, and I say it's the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet.



Among other things, Sekhmet was the Eye of Ra, sent by the god Ra to destroy humankind. Her plan was thwarted when she got drunk off a bunch of beer dyed red to look like blood. She then became Hathor, the most important goddess in the pantheon and incidentally the Egyptian goddess of alcohol.



Here we are in a very washed-out picture taken at the Memphis zoo 5 years ago:



I'm not sure what it all means ... am I only person out there who watches Lost anymore?

The love

The love sometimes seems genuine, sometimes not really, but at least Lilah is interested and trying.

Sometimes she goes a little overboard.

Still, smiles are now coming regularly, and, before long, Aviva will be able to defend herself, or at least return the hugs.